E-mail: Password: Create an Account Recover password

About Authors Contacts Get involved Русская версия

show

Amphipyra pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Amphipyra pyramidea)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Amphipyrinae → genus Amphipyra → subgenus Amphipyra → species Amphipyra pyramidea

Species name(s)

Amphipyra (Amphipyra) pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758) = navicularis (Geoffroy, 1785) = obscura Oberthür, 1880 = obliquilimbata Graeser, 1888 = yama Swinhoe, 1918 = apyra Bryk, 1942 = cuprior Fletcher, 1968 = satinea (Rougemont, 1901) = Amphipyra (Amphipyra) pyramidea. [9, 10]

Copper Underwing.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7049

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 8.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

20—25 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Larva lifespan

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Имаго (Amphipyra pyramidea)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - The European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia,Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur, Average -Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, South West Siberian,South Kuril, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing: 2-2.5 cm. The front wings are dark, the rear - orange or red-brown. The average transverse strip on the front wings includes a light pigment. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats - mixed and deciduous forests, orchards, human settlements. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Moths fly from mid-July to early October. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Prunus, Quercus, Lonicera, Fraxinus, Ligustrum, Crataegus and other trees and shrubs. [28].
  • Various deciduous trees. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • Caterpillars live from May to June. [5].

Subspecies of Amphipyra pyramidea

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Yuri Semejkin.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

Note: you should have a Insecta.pro account to upload new topics and comments. Please, create an account or log in to add comments

Insecta.pro: international entomological community. Terms of use and publishing policy.

Project editor in chief and administrator: Peter Khramov.

Curators: Konstantin Efetov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Svyatoslav Knyazev, Evgeny Komarov, Stan Korb, Alexander Zhakov.

Moderators: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Evgeny Komarov, Dmitriy Pozhogin, Alexandr Zhakov.

Thanks to all authors, who publish materials on the website.

© Insects catalog Insecta.pro, 2007—2024.

Species catalog enables to sort by characteristics such as expansion, flight time, etc..

Photos of representatives Insecta.

Detailed insects classification with references list.

Few themed publications and a living blog.